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The Morris Fur Company of Burlington imports and processes opossum fur from New Zealand, Tasmania, and Australia, not for the clothing industry but for the textile industry. The springiness and retention of shape that this particular fur possesses makes it invaluable for use on shuttles used in weaving mills. Morris Fur is one of three companies in the country that supplies the heavy demand of the textile industry for shuttle fur.
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10943
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In 1931, S.B. Tanner opened the Doncaster Collar and Shirt Company in Rutherfordton. In 1933, Mrs. Tanner persuaded her husband to make a shirtwaist dress for her from the shirting material. The dress grew in popularity, and the company faced a problem with selling and distribution. The article describes how this problem was solved. In 1955, the company changed its name to Tanner of North Carolina and entered the retail market.
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10944
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Addis Cates is the founder of Addis Cates Company, the largest independent supplier of green and brined cucumbers to the pickle industry. The home office is in Faison and the operation centers are in Robeson County at St. Pauls and Parkton. The company ships to thirteen states and Canada.
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Hamilton L. Bruce founded the Hammery Manufacturing Company, a maker of home furnishings, in Lenoir in 1943. In 1968, the company was acquired by U.S. Industries, Inc.
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Kathleen Barnes is the only woman president of a dairy in the country. Her husband founded Maola Milk in 1935 in New Bern, and she was elected company president following his death in 1961. The company started with one building, two trucks, and seven employees. Today the company employs over 400 with an annual payroll of $2 million.
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Hampton Shirt Company manufactures and sells men's and boys' shirts and men's pajamas throughout the country. The company operations in 1925, and In 1968, it sold over eleven million shirts. Hampton is involved in the entire process from receipt of fabric to finished product. Its four manufacturing facilities and distribution center, located in Kinston, Greenville, Wilson, and Washington, employ more than 2,500, with main headquarters in Kinston.
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Two Raleigh housewives, Ruth Combs and Daisy Sample, went into business together in the late 1940s. Combs had a talent for fashioning original children's dresses and Sample was an astute business woman. Today their company, Ruth Originals Corporation, makes and sells over half a million children's dresses each year and employs over 300. The company is headquartered at Hendersonville, where the manufacturing plant is located.
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10953
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Although he was born in Ireland, Johnson Blakely is considered by many to be North Carolina's greatest hero of the sea. Blakely distinguished himself at the University of North Carolina by threatening to throw President Caldwell out the window. In 1799, he joined the American navy, and served twelve years before taking command of his own ship. During the War of 1812, he had many battles with and captures of British ships. His ship was last seen on October 19, 1814, then captain and crew vanished forever.
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A meeting between Governor John Motley Morehead and New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis resulted in a remodeling of Blandwood, Morehead's home that was ahead of its time. Guilford College purchased the home in 1965, and currently the Greensboro Preservation Society proposes to purchase it for $200,000 and restore it.
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10962
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Thomas L. Storrs, president of North Carolina National Bank and of NCNB Corporation, is featured in this month's We The People Magazine's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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10965
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The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee, makers of Schlitz beer, has opened a plant on Highway 52 about five miles south of Winston-Salem. This is the first brewery to open in the state since the Atlantic Brewery in Charlotte went out of business two decades ago.
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10966
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John Alexander McMahon, president of North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Inc., is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE magazine's North Carolina Businessman in the News. The association is the 14th largest Blue Cross (hospital insurance) and 12th largest Blue Shield (physicians' fee insurance) service in the nation.
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Alderman Studios, Inc., located in High Point, is the largest commercial photography studio in the world. Nearly 400 people work in the various phases of the studio's operation. Among the commercial photography houses in the nation Alderman is unique because of its size and its comprehensiveness.
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Bill F. Hensley is the state's number one promoter. In 1965, he took over the Travel and Promotion Division of the Department of Conservation and Development. Since then he has promoted the state nationwide and in foreign countries. In February 1970, Hensley was named the first chairman of the nationwide Council of State Travel Directors.
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Thomas Jennings Hackney, Jr. is the fourth Hackney generation to lead the Hackney Brothers Body Company in Wilson. The company began in 1854 as a wagon wheel repair shop and has evolved through the years as the mode of transportation changed. The company is the nation's largest manufacturer of custom-built refrigerated truck bodies and the fifth-oldest manufacturing firm in North Carolina.
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